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Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures.

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Bell, WL; Horner, J; Logue, P; Radtke, RA
Published in: Neurology
January 1990

There are no documented cases of seizures causing reiterative neologistic speech automatisms. We report an 18-year-old right-handed woman with stereotypic ictal speech automatisms characterized by phonemic jargon and reiterative neologisms. Video-EEG during the reiterative neologisms demonstrated rhythmic delta activity, which was most prominent in the left posterior temporal region. At surgery, there was an arteriovenous malformation impinging on the left supramarginal gyrus and the posterior portion of the superior temporal gyrus. Though intelligible speech automatisms can result from seizure foci in either hemisphere, neologistic speech automatisms may implicate a focus in the language-dominant hemisphere.

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Neurology

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ISSN

0028-3878

Publication Date

January 1990

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

49 / 52

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Speech
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
  • Brain
  • Aphasia
  • Amnesia
 

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Bell, W. L., Horner, J., Logue, P., & Radtke, R. A. (1990). Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures. Neurology, 40(1), 49–52. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.40.1.49
Bell, W. L., J. Horner, P. Logue, and R. A. Radtke. “Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures.Neurology 40, no. 1 (January 1990): 49–52. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.40.1.49.
Bell WL, Horner J, Logue P, Radtke RA. Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures. Neurology. 1990 Jan;40(1):49–52.
Bell, W. L., et al. “Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures.Neurology, vol. 40, no. 1, Jan. 1990, pp. 49–52. Pubmed, doi:10.1212/wnl.40.1.49.
Bell WL, Horner J, Logue P, Radtke RA. Neologistic speech automatisms during complex partial seizures. Neurology. 1990 Jan;40(1):49–52.

Published In

Neurology

DOI

ISSN

0028-3878

Publication Date

January 1990

Volume

40

Issue

1

Start / End Page

49 / 52

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Speech
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
  • Brain
  • Aphasia
  • Amnesia